Kia Tigers vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 8/14/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Gocheok Sky Dome is the venue where Hye Seong Kim and the Kiwoom Heroes (48-60, 10th in KBO) will take on the Kia Tigers (63-45, 1st in KBO) on Wednesday, August 14, 2024.

The Tigers have tallied 206 doubles as a unit and have knocked 127 balls out of the park. Kia owns a slugging percentage of .456 and have been called out on strikes 707 times, while being walked on 427 occasions. As a team, the Kia Tigers are putting up 5.9 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 1st in KBO. They have 617 runs batted in as well as 1,166 base knocks over the course of the season, while their average at the plate is sitting at .296. They have earned 651 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .368.

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Hyoung Woo Choi is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. In his career, Choi has hit 392 baseballs over the fence while driving in 1,635 runs. In his time in the Majors, he stepped into the batters box 9,154 times and has delivered with a base knock 2,426 times. Choi has hit .310 for his career in baseball, with 1,283 scored runs and an OPS of .931. His slugging percentage is .531 in addition to earning 4,151 bases. He has struck out 1,391 times and has walked on 1,122 occasions, which has contributed to a .400 OBP.

The Kia Tigers have amassed 2,969 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,107 assists and 114 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .973 which is 10th in KBO and they have turned 103 double plays. The Tigers have stolen 89 bags and have been caught 24 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 21.2%.

The Tigers hold a team ERA of 4.50 this season (1st in baseball), and they have rung up 846 batters. Kia has relinquished 1,073 hits (9.8 per 9 innings) and 495 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.99 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.52. Tigers pitchers have surrendered 109 home runs and also 603 total runs (4th in the league).

The Heroes hold a slugging percentage of .390 and they average 4.89 runs per outing (10th in KBO). They have notched 164 doubles, while getting a free base 378 times and scoring 528 runs. Kiwoom has recorded 81 home runs over the course of the season as well as 505 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 814 occasions (6th in KBO) and have 1,020 hits. The Kiwoom Heroes have a team OBP of .345 as well as a batting average of .272 this season.

Hye Seong Kim is a batter who should impact this game for Kiwoom. Kim has drawn a free base 315 times while going down on strikes on 598 occasions. His on-base % is .365 and he has earned a career OPS of .770. In the 3,294 official at-bats in his career, Kim has an average at the plate of .304 with 1,003 hits. He has accounted for 568 runs and has 375 RBIs. He has gone deep 37 times, with 1,335 total bases and a .405 slugging percentage.

The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 98 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .979 (5th in the league). The Heroes have 997 assists, 82 errors and have a tally of 2,869 putouts on the season. In their 119 tries at getting a steal, they got to the bag before the ball 84 times and been caught 35 times (29.4% caught stealing percentage).

The Heroes are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.509 with a FIP of 5.51 as a pitching staff on the year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 1.82 (703 strikeouts against 386 free passes). They come in at 7th in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 1,057. They have conceded 107 homers and they concede 5.51 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league). The Kiwoom pitching staff have yielded 585 runs for the season while having an ERA of 5.05 (537 earned runs relinquished).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Kiwoom and under the total runs

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